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Author Broom, Alex.

Title Therapeutic pluralism : exploring the experiences of cancer patients and professionals / Alex Broom and Philip Tovey
Published London : Routledge, [2008]
©2008

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Description ix, 154 pages ; 24 cm
Contents The dialectical tension between individuation and depersonalisation in cancer patients' mediation of therapeutic options -- The role of the Internet in cancer patients' engagement with therapeutic options -- Integrating CAM: a comparative analysis of hospice versus hospital medicine -- Oncologists' and specialist cancer nurses' approaches to CAM and their impact on patient action -- Exploring the temporal dimension in cancer patients' experiences of non-biomedical therapeutics -- The problematic nature of conflating use and advocacy in CAM integration
Notes Formerly CIP. Uk
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Cancer -- Treatment -- Alternative treatment.
Cancer -- Treatment -- Alternative treatment -- Case studies.
Cancer -- Alternative treatment -- Great Britain.
Cancer -- Alternative treatment -- Case studies.
Cancer -- Alternative treatment.
Neoplasms -- therapy.
Complementary Therapies -- methods.
Genre/Form Case studies.
Author Tovey, Philip, 1963-
LC no. 2007034039
ISBN 9780415398527 cased
0415398525 cased
9780415398534 paperback
0415398533 paperback
9780203894453 ebook
0203894456 ebook